Priocera quadrinotata SCHENKLING , 1900

Opitz, Weston, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the Western Hemisphere checkered beetle genus Priocera KIRBY (Coleoptera, Cleridae, Clerinae), Linzer biologische Beiträge 52 (2), pp. 1145-1255 : 1195

Priocera quadrinotata SCHENKLING, 1900 ( Figs 71 , 98 , 161)

Priocera quadrinotata SCHENKLING, 1900: 386 .

LECTOTYPE: ♂. Jatahy , Prov. Goyas, Bresil, Sept. á Nov. 97 (Goias, Jatai, Brazil) ( SDEI) . Paralectotypes: 5 specimens. Brazil: Estado do Goias, Jatai ,?-IX-XI-1897 ( FMNH, 1) ; Jatai, Donelier ( SDEI, 2) ; Jatai, Sept.á Nov.97 ( BMNH, 1; SDEI,1). CORPORAAL 1950:100. Schenkling did not select a holotype, therefore, I invoke Recommendation 73F of the ICZN (1999) and designate a lectotype for this nominal species .

A d d i t i o n a l m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d ( Fig.98 ): Inadditiontothetypes, I examined 31 specimens from: Brazil: Estado do Minas Gerais, Pedra Azul ,?- XI-1971, Oliveira ; Estado do Mato Grosso, Rio Caraguata ,?- XII- 1950, 400 m, F. Plaumann ; Corumba , no other information ; Diamantino, Fazenda Rio Arinos ,?- IX-1983, Eurides Furtado ; idem,?- X-1983, Eurides Furtado ; Villa Vera ,?- I-1973, M. Alvarenga ; Estado do Bahia, Chapada , no other information ; Nova Conquista ,?- XII-1969, F. M. Oliveira ; Estado do Pará, Jacareacanga ,?- VI-1969, F. R. Barber ; Serra Norte, Mah Games , 18-21-IX-1985, 2 m, J. Dias ; Estado do Goias, Goias, Rio Verde ,?-?- 1908, G. A. Baer ; Jatai, collection date and collector not noted; Estado do Rio de Janeiro,?-XII-?, collector not noted. Specimens are deposited in: AMNH, BMNH, CASC, CMNC, CMNH, EMEC, FMNH, MNHN, SDEI, and WOPC .

D i a g n o s i s: Forebody black, except pronotal collar castaneous; antennae, pterothorax, and abdomen castaneous; elytra tricolored, each elytron with 4 yellow markings, two near the middle, one near base, one near apex, apical yellow marking does not touch epipleural or sutural margins; basal 1/2 of disc castaneous, disc mostly black in posterior 1/2.

R e d e s c r i p t i o n: Size: Length 8.0 mm; width 1.8 mm. Form: As in Fig. 161. Head: Frons about as long as antennal pedicel; EW/FW 40/10. Thorax: Pronotum finely punctate, with 2 tumescenses, slight fissure at middle (PW/PL 85/120); elytral disc sculptured with striate, asetiferous punctures in basal 1/2, elytral apex narrowly rounded (EL/EW 340/70); metathoracic femur gradually increasing in diameter to femoral apex. Abdomen: Pygidium emarginate along distal margin; phallobasic loop longer than phallobase; aedeagus as in Fig. 71.

V a r i a t i o n: Size: Length 6.0-9.0 mm; width 1.5-2.0 mm. Other than body size, the available specimens are quite homogeneous.

N a t u r a l h i s t o r y: Specimens were collected during January, September, October, November, and December, at altitudes that range from 2 to 400 m.

Figures

Figs 98. Approximate distribution of species as noted.

Figs 70-78. Aedeagus. Priocera quadrigibbosa (70), P.quadrinotata (71), P. spinosa (72), P. stictica (73), P. strigicollis (74), P. strigilla (75), P. theresae (76), P. trinotata (77), P. uncinata (78).